My mother told me that as soon as I could climb a chair, I was changing the programs on her radio.After listening as SWL NL998 to utility and ham radio I got my license in 1975. I like DXing and contesting on HF and VHF. In the national amateur radio organisations I was VERON SWL manager, UBA contest manager and 12 years local club president (nol.uba.be).

Since I am retired I help as a volunteer the organisation "Doctors without Borders" (www.msf.org) with their radio communication from the Brussels office as well as in the field. I visited fot them RD Congo, Kashmir, Darfur, South Sudan, Haiti, Burundi, etc. to set up HF and VHF communication in their projects.